Word: presbyterianism
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...ROBERT B. MERTEN First Presbyterian Church Coudersport...
...first time in its history, a layman has become chief executive officer in the 3,300,000-member United Presbyterian Church. At the Presbyterians' 178th General Assembly in Boston last week, delegates elected Wichita Lawyer William Phelps Thompson, 47, as their new Stated Clerk over two other candidates, both ministers. Thompson, who for the past year has held the largely ceremonial office of moderator, succeeds the Rev. Eugene Carson Blake, the new General Secretary of the World Council of Churches...
...victory was an upset, and after the election delegates commented that "he licked the machine." The machine in this case was the church's 23-man nominating committee which issued a "unanimous recommendation" in favor of the Rev. John William Meister, pastor of Fort Wayne's First Presbyterian Church, who agrees with Blake's views on clerical activism. Much to the committee's dis may, the delegates gave Thompson, who was nominated from the floor, 502 votes to 302 for Meister and 15 for the Rev. Hugh Miller, a New Jersey favorite...
...contrast to Blake, the ecclesiastical professional, Thompson calls his dedication to church work a hobby. Born in Beloit, Kans., he is an elder of Wichita's First Presbyterian Church, has served on major Presbyterian committees since 1958. Thompson has a long record of community involvement in Wichita. He is chairman of the Civic Music Association, and helped to organize a local political reform movement (he is a registered Democrat...
...other actions, the delegates also: ¶Elected as their new moderator the Rev. Ganse Little, 62, of the Pasadena Presbyterian Church, a dynamic Biblical preacher whose close relatives include five Presbyterian ministers. Little is a strong ecumenist who mixes his interest in theology with enthusiasm for pro football...